by Charity Lee Jennings | Nov 1, 2023
Painting A Kingfisher by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon Welcome to 'Art by Charity' Hi, I’m Charity. I love capturing life with watercolour and ink – to highlight the beautiful and redeem the painful. And I help others do the same. If you want to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jul 13, 2020
One Who Gives It wasn’t until I started painting the flowers that my mind turned to the fragility of life. I knew I needed to grieve. I’d been trying but being so far from family I couldn’t get to that place. But now, as I pushed my brush against the canvas to...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Dec 7, 2016
Have you read Falling Behind Parts 1 & 2? I wish the man behind me would wear headphones. He’s playing a game so loud it sounds like I’m in an arcade. The airline must be expecting that too, their announcements invade at a decibel level designed to be heard over a...
by Charity Lee Jennings | May 7, 2016
Peppermint tea – I’m out. I add it to the list I’ve been compiling for the past year titled, ‘To buy, in Canada’. I scan the list: chocolate chips, oven mitts, deodorant – decidedly ‘unchinese’ items. Thankfully I will be waiting only days to make these...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Feb 3, 2016
When there is no central heating; when your whole family is huddled around one heater and you are wearing layer upon layer of clothing; when you can see your breathe in the bathroom and the pipes for the water heating system have frozen and burst; when all three kids...
by Charity Lee Jennings | Jan 29, 2016
I’ve been working on developing a new skill too. My challenge of choice, during the quiet week after Christmas, was to learn to make sourdough bread. Cherry Blossom wasn’t the only one to receive an instructional book for Christmas. I received Peter Reinhart’s Artisan...
